Opus1Run draws 1,000 participants, turns New Chandigarh into vibrant lifestyle and cultural celebration
The run transformed the city’s most scenic, traffic-free roads into a celebration of lifestyle, wellness and Punjabi spirit.
The run transformed the city’s most scenic, traffic-free roads into a celebration of lifestyle, wellness and Punjabi spirit.
The 14-km race concluded at Gopabandhu Stadium amid enthusiastic support from residents of the port township and various organisations. A total of 336 runners participated, including 280 men and 56 women.
This edition of the race will bring together an elite international field alongside India’s best, competing for a total prize purse of US$142,214. Maintaining its commitment to parity, the event offers equal prize money for men and women, with the top three finishers set to earn Rs 3,00,000, Rs 2,50,000 and Rs 2,00,000, respectively, in addition to an Event Record Bonus of Rs 1,00,000.
Addressing the participants, Marathon enthusiasts and officials, the Lieutenant Governor said that the soaring spirit of 1100 runners is a testament to the Marathon's ability to unite them and strengthen the brotherhood through shared experiences.
The IAF’s war hero, who fought against all odds in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest gallantry award. The half-marathon aims to unite fitness, patriotism, and national pride under one banner.
He also spoke of his YB Afraid Foundation which is involved in the educational, social, physical, and mental health needs of underprivileged youth.
Rawat's personal best is 2:16:05 at the Delhi Marathon earlier this year where the Indian long-distance runner won.
As part of its poll campaign 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon' focusing on women in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress had announced marathons for women in Lucknow and Jhansi on Sunday.
For women, who comprised only 15 percent of the study's population, the occurrence of sudden cardiac death was 3.5 fold less than in men.
The participants in the junglemahal marathon were from nine Police Stations, one Women Police Station in eight administrative blocks in Khatra Sub Division of Bankura’s junglemahal area in which 2200 male and 500 women joined from the remote villages which were Maoist infested dens, barely 10 years ago.
